AI Strategist · Writer · Photographer

I make AI strategy actually happen.

13+ years turning ambitious technology bets into shipped outcomes — today shaping AI strategy for Lenovo’s global services business, after 100 months at PwC. Off duty, I write about AI and wait very patiently for wildlife.

Swagat Siddhartha
“Explain it simply.”
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Professional work

AI Strategy — Service Delivery

Lenovo, Solutions & Services Group
2026 — Present · Global / AP / India

Shaping how a global technology leader deploys AI across its end-to-end service operating model: current-state assessment, competitive benchmarking, and the roadmap and governance to make transformation stick.

Manager, Cloud & Digital Strategy

PwC
2018 — 2026 · 100 months

Led transformation offices for Fortune 500 banks and media platforms, designed operating models and agile governance for global clients, built $50M+ business cases, and supported 20 strategic pursuits — winning 11. Scaled the strategy practice from 40 to 100+ consultants.

Consultant

Cognizant
2015 — 2018

End-to-end digital transformation for luxury retail and consumer brands: omni-channel commerce builds, marketing-stack launches, and process redesign that cut fulfilment time by 25%.

Senior System Engineer

Infosys
2010 — 2013 · then PGDM, IIM Mumbai

Built personalization platforms for high-net-worth travel and digitized 100,000+ legal case files — the engineering foundation under the strategy career.

13+ yrsStrategy & transformation across 9 industries
$50M+Transformation investments shaped for CXO decisions
Harvard & GoogleAI Essentials (HBS Online) · GenAI Leader certified
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What colleagues say

A balance of strategic vision and practical execution — designing long-term roadmaps while establishing the governance, processes, and KPIs that deliver measurable results. He brought clarity and structure to the most complex initiatives.

Michael Urban
Technology Executive · former PwC Strategy& Director

A unique combination of intelligence, reliability, and creativity — a pivotal role in architecting some of the firm’s largest and most complex solution plans. Simply put, supremely talented.

Fernando Aviles
Cloud & Digital · Tech Strategy & Delivery Excellence
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Writing & building

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Photography

Swagat Siddhartha beside his exhibited wildlife photographs in a gallery

Exhibited wildlife & travel photography.

Sloth bears, ibises, migrations — framed on gallery walls. Strategy teaches you to move fast; wildlife teaches you to wait for the one honest frame.

Full archive on Instagram

Let’s talk.

AI strategy, enterprise transformation, building with AI — or a good book recommendation. My inbox is open.

Or email directly: swagat.siddhartha.work@gmail.com